You Just Need to Obey
For all true followers of Christ, obedience is never peripheral.
Every step of heart-prompted obedience leads to experiencing abundant life in Christ. Conversely, every step of disobedience takes us away from the joy of divine goodness. Far from being optional, grace-fueled obedience is absolutely necessary for Christlikeness. Is there any need to pray about whether or not to obey God’s Word? You just need to obey.... Continue Reading
The Christian Life is a Team Effort
A life of intentional isolation throws a bucket of water on the flame of faith.
Jesus makes fellowship with God a reality for believers. The worst of sinners lives in fellowship with the Holy God because of Jesus (John 14:18–20). This is the root of fellowship with one another. Our fellowship with each other is as unchangeable as our fellowship with God is unbreakable. Your local church family is a... Continue Reading
The Light Now Shines
The kingdom of God is not only a future hope, but a reality for the here-and-now.
When we walk as Jesus walked, when we walk in the light; when we flee the darkness, then we are shining the true light and are pointing the world forward to the Day when light will reign supreme. As church we are not called to merely huddle together and safeguard the light until the day arrives,... Continue Reading
Slightly Imperfect Bibles?
Would you purchase a Bible that was missing an entire page?
Would you purchase a Bible that was missing an entire page? Not many would, I suppose, but when compared to the Bibles published in Reformation times, most modern versions are actually missing about that much content. Twelve verses from the end Mark’s Gospel are missing. An additional twelve verses from John’s Gospel are missing. Sixteen... Continue Reading
Apologetics for Christians
Defending the souls of men against lies and teaching the redeemed the Truth is not only a noble act, but a necessary act.
It is time for moral courage where Christian leaders are what they were commissioned by God to be—spiritual leaders. Leaders who are less worried about how the world views them and more concerned about how they view the world. Leaders who defend the congregation of the righteous by exposing the lies of the world and... Continue Reading
How Metaphysics Can Fix This American Mess
Take metaphysics away, and there is no common understanding that can enable communication. This sets the stage for chaos.
As society reaches its final stages of decay, the price of denying reality will prove ever greater, awakening people to their folly and ruin. A metaphysical crisis of vast proportions awaits a world that has long ignored existential questions to its peril. Thus, there needs to be a return to order reestablishing metaphysics, to know... Continue Reading
What Is Necessary for a Christian to Believe?
Our doctrine of God is intimately connected to our understanding of man, salvation, church, and worship.
The new life that believers have by grace alone is a down payment of the eternal life that is to come in the new heavens and new earth. We live our life in union with Christ and in communion with believers, patiently waiting and serving him by fulfilling our earthly vocations as citizens of his... Continue Reading
Fueling Reformation
True revivals are provoked by the sovereign work of God through the stirring of His Holy Spirit in the hearts of people.
If we want reformation, we have to start with ourselves. We have to start bringing the gospel itself out of darkness, so that the motto of every reformation becomes post tenebras lux — “after darkness, light.” Luther declared that every generation must declare freshly the gospel of the New Testament. He also said that anytime... Continue Reading
Why Is Sexual Immorality Such a Big Deal?
How do we understand and heed the seriousness of the Bible’s concern over sexual immorality while not giving space to our impulse to look down on others?
If we have the Bible’s high view of sex as a picture of the Church’s union with Christ and a respect for the power God has given it, we will not only take sexual sin very seriously, but we will also examine ourselves, confess the many ways we have failed to desire and fulfill God’s... Continue Reading
Getting Old is not Bad News for the Christian
While everything physical is in a constant state of decay, our inner selves are reversing the trend.
Because of God’s mercies that are new every morning, and because we are His children, we are growing in our inner selves younger – growing to look more and more like the true children of God even while our outer selves are growing older. Such is the grand and glorious paradox of Christian aging. What does... Continue Reading
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